Policy-as-Code: Flexible Kubernetes governance with Kyverno
Overview Kubernetes has fundamentally transformed how enterprises deploy and manage business workloads. As organizations build production applications at scale on Kubernetes, cluster size and complexity continue to grow—creating unprecedented challenges in ensuring cluster security, compliance, and…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Event Deep Dive: KyvernoCon
As Kubernetes adoption continues to accelerate across enterprise platforms and AI-driven workloads, organizations increasingly need automated guardrails for security, governance, and compliance. KyvernoCon launched in 2025 as the first event dedicated to the Kyverno community and…
Kyverno 1.17 is a landmark release that marks the stabilization of our next-generation Common Expression Language (CEL) policy engine. While 1.16 introduced the “CEL-first” vision in beta, 1.17 promotes these capabilities to v1, offering a high-performance,…
Cloud Native Live: Kyverno 1.17 Release — Advancing with CEL and Supply Chain Security
Kyverno 1.17 marks a major milestone in the project’s evolution, significantly expanding the power and flexibility of policy as code for Kubernetes platform teams. In this Cloud Native Live session, Kyverno maintainers will demo and walk…
CNCF On-Demand: Secure your Kubernetes Cluster with Kyverno
This presentation explores securing Kubernetes clusters using Kyverno, an open- source policy engine designed to enforce best practices and automate governance. The session introduces Kyverno’s architecture, comprising four controllers—Admission, Background, Cleanup, and Report—and explains its integration…
Kyverno at ContribFest: Community, collaboration, and the power of open source in action
A few weeks ago at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in Atlanta, the Kyverno community had the opportunity to participate in ContribFest, one of the most energizing and community-driven initiatives in the cloud-native ecosystem. While ContribFest…
Optimizing Kyverno CLI performance: My LFX mentorship journey
Why Open Source? While exploring CNCF Projects in early 2025, I stumbled upon Kyverno and its community impressed me. The mentors and community members encouraged me to become a part of LFX Mentorship and motivated me…
Cloud Native Live: Kyverno 1.16 — Advancing Policy as Code with CEL and SDK
Kyverno 1.16 delivers major advancements in policy-as-code for Kubernetes, centered on a new generation of CEL-based policies now available in beta, with a clear path to GA. This release introduces partial support for namespaced CEL policies…
Announcing Kyverno release 1.16
Kyverno 1.16 delivers major advancements in policy as code for Kubernetes, centered on a new generation of CEL-based policies now available in beta with a clear path to GA. This release introduces partial support for namespaced…
Kyverno vs Kubernetes policies: How Kyverno complements and completes Kubernetes policy types
Originally posted on Nirmata.com on October 1, 2025 How Kyverno extends and integrates with Kubernetes policies With the addition of ValidatingAdmissionPolicy and MutatingAdmissionPolicy in Kubernetes, do you still need Kyverno? This post answers the question by…